W|L 62-20
85 - 89
W|L 41-41
Attendance: 16,285
Playoff W|L 1-2
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 19 | 24 | 43 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 85 |
| HOU | 26 | 21 | 47 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 89 |
Playoff W|L 2-1
Season Head To Head
W|L 4-0
Dec. 25 1997HOU@UTA103 - 107
Jan. 10 1998UTA@HOU111 - 84
Mar. 01 1998UTA@HOU106 - 100
Mar. 09 1998HOU@UTA93 - 100
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-2
Apr. 23 1998HOU@UTA103 - 90
Apr. 25 1998HOU@UTA90 - 105
Apr. 29 1998UTA@HOU85 - 89
May. 01 1998UTA@HOU-| - |-
May. 03 1998HOU@UTA-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karl Malone | 49 | 43.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.20 | .063 | .563 | 19 |
| 2. | Jeff Hornacek | 19 | 30.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .500 | 9 |
| 3. | John Stockton | 33 | 27.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.20 | .143 | .286 | 15 |
| 4. | Adam Keefe | 5 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .333 | 3 |
| 5. | Greg Foster | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 23 | 39.4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .600 | .200 | 19 |
| 2. | Greg Ostertag | 15 | 37.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 3. | Howard Eisley | 21 | 20.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .091 | .091 | 10 |
| 4. | Shandon Anderson | 9 | 17.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .200 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Antoine Carr | 11 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 6. | Chris Morris | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Jacque Vaughn | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 187 | 240 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1.27 | .178 | .301 | 85 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 51 | 41.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .038 | .308 | 28 |
| 2. | Clyde Drexler | 37 | 41.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.67 | .333 | .222 | 22 |
| 3. | Matt Maloney | 25 | 33.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.00 | .875 | .750 | 11 |
| 4. | Kevin Willis | 21 | 28.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.50 | .000 | .000 | 4 |
| 5. | Matt Bullard | 7 | 14.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | .600 | .000 | 7 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Mario Elie | 14 | 33.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | .167 | .167 | 7 |
| 2. | Charles Barkley | 21 | 25.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .200 | 1.00 | 8 |
| 3. | Brent Price | 11 | 14.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 4. | Eddie Johnson | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Othella Harrington | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Rodrick Rhodes | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 188 | 240 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2.25 | .286 | .351 | 89 | |